It’s that time of year again...the third annual BE BIG In Your Community Contest officially opens today! And here at Scholastic, well, we’re getting really excited to hear about the BIG Ideas that get submitted for a chance to win a $25,000 community grant to bring that BIG idea to life. 
Last year more than 25,000 parents, teachers, community leaders, and kids were inspired to BE BIG and entered their BIG Idea for a chance to win. The grand prize winning team was an utter inspiration: teenage friends Jennifer, Sharon, and Lauren saw how hard it was for kids spending time in hospitals to stay caught up on their school work, so they decided to do something BIG about it. They created a hospital classroom to help kids manage their school work while they were receiving treatments in hospitals. Wow -- there’s nothing BIGger than kids helping kids! Check out their full story here.
We also had amazing runners-up last year, too. That includes people like Sandy Warrick, who got her entire kindergarten class motivated to put their BIG idea, “Kindergarten Kids Baby Food Drive,” into motion. They began collecting baby food to help the smallest members of their community. What a great idea! Or there's Shelly Sellwood, whose BIG “Build A Bed” idea enlisted the help of local volunteers to build and deliver bed frames, mattresses, and ‘bedtime bags’ to help Kentucky children sleep better. Now that’s BIG!
Parents, teachers, students and community leaders -- we know that every day you are being BIG, and we want to hear about it! Tell us what you are doing to be BIG in the 2011 BE BIG In Your Community Contest.Click here to enter your BIG idea for a chance to win one of 30 grants totaling $75,000! And don’t wait, contest closes June 17. Good Luck!
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Previously On Our Minds:
* Announcing winners of the BE BIG In Your Community contest!
* Book Fairs: a "grand" celebration of reading
* Three new iPad apps, one new reading experience
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